Bus fire was arson

• Source: Global Times
• [01:26 July 16 2010]
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A shuttle bus fire, which killed 24 people and injured 19 others on July 4 in Jiangsu Province was arson and the suspect was killed in the fire, the local police spokesperson said Thursday.

According to the public security bureau of Wuxi, the 57-year-old male suspect, Dong Chuansheng, was an employee at No 630 factory of Xuefeng Steel Company run by Jiangsu Shagang Group.

The spokesperson said Dong was paranoid and committed the crime out of grudge.

The shuttle bus fire occurred July 4 inside a flyover tunnel in Wuxi, killing 24 out of the 45 workers on the bus.

Xinhua – Global Times